| inform | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ wise up | cause someone to become aware of something. |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ instruct, teach, learn | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| ~ apprise, apprize, instruct | make aware of.; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" |
| ~ inoculate | introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of.; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs" |
| ~ acquaint | inform.; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move" |
| ~ warn | notify, usually in advance.; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions" |
| ~ inform | act as an informer.; "She had informed on her own parents for years" |
| ~ fill in | supply with information on a specific topic.; "He filled me in on the latest developments" |
| ~ update | bring up to date; supply with recent information. |
| ~ misinform, mislead | give false or misleading information to. |
| ~ downplay, minimise, understate, minimize | represent as less significant or important. |
| ~ shit, tell on, snitch, stag, denounce, give away, shop, betray, grass, rat | give away information about somebody.; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" |
| ~ undeceive | free from deception or illusion. |
| ~ warn | notify of danger, potential harm, or risk.; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking" |
| ~ apprise, apprize, notify, send word, advise, give notice | inform (somebody) of something.; "I advised him that the rent was due" |
| ~ familiarise, familiarize, acquaint | make familiar or conversant with.; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings" |
| ~ cue, remind, prompt | assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned. |
| ~ volunteer | tell voluntarily.; "He volunteered the information" |
| ~ acquaint, introduce, present | cause to come to know personally.; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" |
| ~ regret | express with regret.; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard" |
| ~ point, indicate, designate, show | indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" |
| ~ indicate | to state or express briefly.; "indicated his wishes in a letter" |
| ~ suggest, indicate | suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine.; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" |
| ~ nark | inform or spy (for the police). |
| ~ explain, explicate | make plain and comprehensible.; "He explained the laws of physics to his students" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ recount, narrate, tell, recite | narrate or give a detailed account of.; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" |
| ~ narrate | provide commentary for a film, for example. |
| ~ report, describe, account | to give an account or representation of in words.; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" |
| ~ report | make known to the authorities.; "One student reported the other to the principal" |
| ~ report, cover | be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism.; "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub reporter covered New York City" |
| ~ announce, denote | make known; make an announcement.; "She denoted her feelings clearly" |
| ~ disabuse | free somebody (from an erroneous belief). |
| ~ remonstrate, point out | present and urge reasons in opposition. |
| ~ bear witness, evidence, testify, prove, show | provide evidence for.; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" |
| v. (change) | 2. inform | give character or essence to.; "The principles that inform modern teaching" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (communication) | 3. inform | act as an informer.; "She had informed on her own parents for years" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ evidence, tell | give evidence.; "he was telling on all his former colleague" |
| report | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. report, study, written report | a written document describing the findings of some individual or group.; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale" |
| ~ document, papers, written document | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature). |
| ~ assay | a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance. |
| ~ case study | a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure. |
| ~ white book, white paper | a government report; bound in white. |
| ~ blue book | a report published by the British government; bound in blue. |
| ~ green paper | a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion. |
| ~ progress report | a report of work accomplished during a specified time period. |
| ~ position paper | a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy. |
| ~ medical report | a report of the results of a medical examination of a patient. |
| n. (communication) | 2. account, report | the act of informing by verbal report.; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple" |
| ~ summarisation, summarization | the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly. |
| ~ indirect discourse | a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g.,.; "he said `I am a fool' would be modified to `he said he is a fool'" |
| ~ direct discourse, direct quotation | a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g.,.; "he said `I am a fool'" |
| ~ making known, informing | a speech act that conveys information. |
| ~ megillah | (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account.; "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah" |
| ~ debriefing | report of a mission or task. |
| ~ anecdote | short account of an incident (especially a biographical one). |
| ~ recital, yarn, narration | the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events.; "his narration was hesitant" |
| ~ scuttlebutt, gossip, comment | a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.; "the divorce caused much gossip" |
| n. (communication) | 3. account, news report, report, story, write up | a short account of the news.; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" |
| ~ news | information reported in a newspaper or news magazine.; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated" |
| ~ newsletter, newssheet | report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group. |
| ~ bulletin | a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast). |
| ~ communique, despatch, dispatch | an official report (usually sent in haste). |
| ~ urban legend | a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true. |
| ~ exclusive, scoop | a news report that is reported first by one news organization.; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials" |
| n. (event) | 4. report | a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing).; "they heard a violent report followed by silence" |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (communication) | 5. report, report card | a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment.; "his father signed his report card" |
| ~ info, information | a message received and understood. |
| n. (communication) | 6. composition, paper, report, theme | an essay (especially one written as an assignment).; "he got an A on his composition" |
| ~ essay | an analytic or interpretive literary composition. |
| ~ term paper | a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term. |
| n. (cognition) | 7. report, reputation | the general estimation that the public has for a person.; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report" |
| ~ estimation, estimate | the respect with which a person is held.; "they had a high estimation of his ability" |
| v. (communication) | 8. account, describe, report | to give an account or representation of in words.; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| v. (communication) | 9. report | announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding.; "Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city"; "The team reported significant advances in their research" |
| ~ announce, denote | make known; make an announcement.; "She denoted her feelings clearly" |
| v. (communication) | 10. report | announce one's presence.; "I report to work every day at 9 o'clock" |
| ~ check in, sign in | announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports. |
| ~ check out | announce one's departure from a hotel. |
| ~ clock off, clock out, punch out | register one's departure from work. |
| ~ announce, denote | make known; make an announcement.; "She denoted her feelings clearly" |
| v. (communication) | 11. report | make known to the authorities.; "One student reported the other to the principal" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| v. (communication) | 12. cover, report | be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism.; "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub reporter covered New York City" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ cover | maintain a check on; especially by patrolling.; "The second officer covered the top floor" |
| v. (communication) | 13. report | complain about; make a charge against.; "I reported her to the supervisor" |
| ~ complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, kick | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" |
| account | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. account, chronicle, history, story | a record or narrative description of past events.; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" |
| ~ history | the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings.; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view" |
| ~ ancient history | a history of the ancient world. |
| ~ etymology | a history of a word. |
| ~ case history | detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment. |
| ~ historical document, historical paper, historical record | writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.). |
| ~ chronological record, annals | a chronological account of events in successive years. |
| ~ biography, life history, life story, life | an account of the series of events making up a person's life. |
| ~ record | anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events.; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" |
| ~ recital | a detailed account or description of something.; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings" |
| n. (state) | 2. account, business relationship | a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services.; "he asked to see the executive who handled his account" |
| ~ brokerage account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage.; "you can't get a brokerage account unless you have $20,000" |
| ~ bank account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals.; "he moved his bank account to a new bank" |
| ~ relationship | a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries. |
| ~ short account | a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own). |
| n. (communication) | 3. account, explanation | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc..; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account" |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ explanandum, explicandum | (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained. |
| ~ explanans | (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises. |
| ~ simplification | an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity. |
| ~ accounting | a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes.; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions" |
| ~ reason | an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon.; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly" |
| ~ justification | a statement in explanation of some action or belief. |
| ~ exposition | an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse.; "we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background" |
| ~ explication | a detailed explanation of the meaning of something. |
| ~ gloss, rubric | an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text. |
| ~ deriving, etymologizing, derivation | (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase. |
| ~ definition | a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol. |
| ~ interpretation | an explanation that results from interpreting something.; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence" |
| ~ walk-through | a thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process.; "she gave me a walk-through of my new duties" |
| n. (motive) | 4. account, score | grounds.; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful" |
| ~ reason, ground | a rational motive for a belief or action.; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. account | importance or value.; "a person of considerable account"; "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance" |
| ~ importance | the quality of being important and worthy of note.; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" |
| n. (possession) | 6. account, account statement, accounting | a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance.; "they send me an accounting every month" |
| ~ financial statement, statement | a document showing credits and debits. |
| ~ capital account | (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date. |
| ~ capital account | (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities. |
| ~ profit and loss, profit and loss account | an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss. |
| ~ suspense account | an account used temporarily to carry doubtful receipts and disbursements or discrepancies pending their analysis and permanent classification. |
| ~ balance | equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account. |
| ~ expense account, travel and entertainment account | an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses. |
| n. (communication) | 7. account, bill, invoice | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered.; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe" |
| ~ financial statement, statement | a document showing credits and debits. |
| ~ electric bill | a bill for money owed for electricity used. |
| ~ hotel bill | statement of charges for staying in a hotel. |
| ~ doctor's bill, medical bill | statement of charges for medical services. |
| ~ phone bill, telephone bill | statement of charges for telephone service. |
| ~ reckoning, tally | a bill for an amount due. |
| ~ tax bill | money owed for taxes. |
| ~ tab, chit, check | the bill in a restaurant.; "he asked the waiter for the check" |
| n. (attribute) | 8. account | the quality of taking advantage.; "she turned her writing skills to good account" |
| ~ gain, profit | the advantageous quality of being beneficial. |
| v. (stative) | 9. account | be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something.; "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (possession) | 10. account, calculate | keep an account of. |
| ~ credit | accounting: enter as credit.; "We credit your account with $100" |
| ~ balance | compute credits and debits of an account. |
| ~ overbalance | cause to be off balance.; "It is not desirable to overbalance the budget" |
| ~ debit | enter as debit. |
| ~ compound | calculate principal and interest. |
| ~ bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| v. (communication) | 11. account, answer for | furnish a justifying analysis or explanation.; "I can't account for the missing money" |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| narrate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. narrate | provide commentary for a film, for example. |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| v. (communication) | 2. narrate, recite, recount, tell | narrate or give a detailed account of.; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ relate | give an account of.; "The witness related the events" |
| ~ crack | tell spontaneously.; "crack a joke" |
| ~ yarn | tell or spin a yarn. |
| ~ rhapsodise, rhapsodize | recite a rhapsody. |
| recount | | |
| n. (act) | 1. recount | an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election. |
| ~ counting, count, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally | the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.; "the counting continued for several hours" |
| v. (communication) | 2. recount | count again.; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made" |
| ~ count, numerate, enumerate, number | determine the number or amount of.; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" |
| relate | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in | make a logical or causal connection.; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" |
| ~ remember | exercise, or have the power of, memory.; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ interrelate | place into a mutual relationship.; "I cannot interrelate these two events" |
| ~ correlate | bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation.; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information" |
| ~ identify | conceive of as united or associated.; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus" |
| ~ free-associate | associate freely.; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories" |
| ~ have in mind, think of, mean | intend to refer to.; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" |
| v. (stative) | 2. bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on | be relevant to.; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" |
| ~ allude, advert, touch | make a more or less disguised reference to.; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" |
| ~ center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around | center upon.; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" |
| ~ go for, apply, hold | be pertinent or relevant or applicable.; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" |
| ~ involve, affect, regard | connect closely and often incriminatingly.; "This new ruling affects your business" |
| ~ matter to, interest | be of importance or consequence.; "This matters to me!" |
| v. (communication) | 3. relate | give an account of.; "The witness related the events" |
| ~ recount, narrate, tell, recite | narrate or give a detailed account of.; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" |
| v. (stative) | 4. interrelate, relate | be in a relationship with.; "How are these two observations related?" |
| ~ interrelate | place into a mutual relationship.; "I cannot interrelate these two events" |
| ~ predicate | make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition.; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'" |
| ~ tutor | act as a guardian to someone. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ tie in | be in connection with something relevant.; "This ties in closely with his earlier remarks" |
| v. (social) | 5. relate | have or establish a relationship to.; "She relates well to her peers" |
| ~ harmonise, harmonize | bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously.; "harmonize the different interests" |
| ~ oblige, obligate, bind, hold | bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| ~ connect | establish a rapport or relationship.; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty" |
| ~ disrespect | show a lack of respect for. |
| ~ mesh | work together in harmony. |
| ~ take back | resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband. |
| ~ get along with, get on, get on with, get along | have smooth relations.; "My boss and I get along very well" |
| ~ bind, bond, attach, tie | create social or emotional ties.; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" |
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